Sydnee McElroy ( ) is an American

family medicine Family medicine is a medical specialty within primary care that provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family across all ages, genders, diseases, and parts of the body. The specialist, who is usually a primary ...

physician, assistant professor in family medicine at the

Marshall University Marshall University is a public research university in Huntington, West Virginia. It was founded in 1837 and is named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States. The university is currently composed of nine colleges: L ...

School of Medicine, and podcast host of ''Sawbones'' and ''Still Buffering''. She is married to writer and podcaster,

Justin McElroy Justin Tyler McElroy ( , born November 8, 1980) is an American podcaster, comedian, and former video game journalist. He is known for his work on podcasts (such as ''My Brother, My Brother and Me'', '' The Adventure Zone'', and ''Sawbones'') an ...

, with whom she has two daughters: Charlie, born in 2014 and Cooper, born in 2018.

Career

Education and medical practice

McElroy graduated from

in 2005 as a Yeager Scholar and from the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine in 2009. She completed her medical residency at the Marshall University School of Medicine. As a medical student she received the 2009 faculty award, which is "presented by the Marshall University School of Medicine Alumni Association to the most outstanding fourth-year medical student as selected by the faculty." She also received the Glasgow-Rubin Citation for Academic Achievement from the

American Medical Women's Association The American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) is a professional advocacy and educational organization of women in medicine, women physicians and medical students. Founded in 1915 by Bertha vanhoosen, Bertha Van Hoosen, the AMWA works to advance ...

, which is awarded to women graduating in the top ten percent of their medical school graduating class. McElroy is board certified through the

American Board of Family Medicine The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) is a non-profit, independent medical association of American physicians who practice in family medicine and its sub-specialties. Founded in February 1969 as the American Board of Family Practice (ABFP) ...

and is a member of the

American Academy of Family Physicians The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) was founded in 1947 to promote and maintain high-quality standards for family medicine, an offshoot of the classical general practitioner. It is headquartered in Leawood, Kansas. AAFP is one of ...

and the

Alpha Omega Alpha Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society () is an honor society in the field of medicine. Alpha Omega Alpha currently has active Chapters in 132 LCME- accredited medical schools in the United States and Lebanon. It annually elects over 4,000 new ...

Honor Medical Society. She is an assistant professor at the Marshall School of Medicine and has served as the faculty advisor for the Marshall University Alpha Omega Alpha chapter. In 2013, she was inducted as an Associate to the Marshall Academy of Medical Educators and in 2016 was awarded the Marshall College of Science’s award of distinction at the Marshall University Alumni Association’s 79th Annual Alumni Awards Banquet.

Podcasting

McElroy is the co-host of two podcasts on the Maximum Fun Network, ''

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: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine'' and ''Still Buffering''. She co-hosts ''Sawbones'' with her husband, writer and podcaster

, and ''Still Buffering'' with her two siblings, Teylor Smirl and Rileigh Smirl. ''Sawbones'' has aired over 400 episodes with content on "medical history to uncover all the odd, weird, wrong, dumb and just gross ways we’ve tried to fix people over the years." ''Still Buffering'' has aired over 150 episodes with content to "help bridge the gap between the teenagers of yesterday and today."

Politics

On 9 February 2022, McElroy announced that she was running for District 26 in the 2022 West Virginia House of Delegates election. She won the Democratic primary in the district on May 11, 2022, and ran against the incumbent

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Matthew Rohrbach Matthew Rohrbach (born May 12, 1959) is an American politician who has served in the West Virginia House of Delegates The West Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the West Virginia Legislature. Only three states—Maryland, Vir ...

. She was endorsed by

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. McElroy was defeated by Rohrbach in the election.

Writing

McElroy has written about family medicine and preventative care for patients. ''The Sawbones Book'', a companion to the podcast, was published by Weldon Owen in October 2018. The book was illustrated by Sydnee's sibling, Teylor Smirl.

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